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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 1468525" data-attributes="member: 1014">You know what I think is really ironic?  The column is about how full of fluff RotK is, but there's only one paragraph critiquing the movie.So, let's recap.He doesn't like Elijah Wood's acting.He has some issue with the female actresses, I'm not clear what.He doesn't like the dialogue.Well, I'll grant him the last point.  Nobody ever read Tolkien for the dialogue.  Tolkien's greatest strength was setting, with which he spearheaded an entire genre of fiction.  Wood's acting wasn't as bad as the author is making out.  Elijah Wood's eyes are freaking unreal and it's only common sense that he uses them to emote.  And as for his unclear point about the female leads, all I can say is "whatever".  As far as I can tell, he's ticked that the trilogy didn't have more elf pr0n.The author also ignores the depth of the setting and the use of theme instead of alegory to convey an artistic message.  Probably because the author is a prat, although there may be other reasons.  It's amazing.  Pure drivel is being showcased in art galleries across the country as people flock to some faux-artist who literally splashes paint on canvas, but get a talented compter graphic designer and have him or her spend hundreds of hours defining the movement of a creature that could never exist and it's just "special effects".</blockquote>